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Sriram Naidu, MD, a pioneering cardiologist, died Oct. 27 after contracting an idiopathic lung illness, Newsday reported. He was 86.

Lung cancer survival rates jumped 4.6 percentage points in the last five years, and diagnosis rates have decreased 8%, according to the American Lung Association's 2023 "State of Lung Cancer" report released Nov. 7.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center completed its first same-day spinal radiosurgery treatment for a patient.

December 2023 Issue of Becker’s Hospital Review   ON THE COVER Gwendolyn Oglesby-Odom, EdD, MSN, RN. Enterprise vice president of community engagement. Advocate Health in Chicago Gwendolyn Oglesby-Odom, EdD, MSN, RN, began serving as enterprise vice president of community engagement…

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health Foundation received its largest gift ever, which will be used to create a new cancer center.

Scientists from New York City-based Mount Sinai will send bioengineered human heart muscle cells and micro-tissues to space, according to a Nov. 14 news release shared with Becker's. 

Rhode Island health officials have reprimanded a cardiologist who performed surgery after he tested positive for COVID-19, NBC affiliate WJAR reported Nov. 9.

Idaho has the fewest cardiologists per capita, with 57 practicing cardiologists in the state.

Wyoming has the fewest active oncologists per capita, with eight oncologists in the state.

A recent study found that CT scans are linked to an increased risk of blood cancer in young people.